diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
index 8e6223543..cea349fad 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module Admin
 
     def podcast_params
       allowed_params = %i[
-        title feed_url
+        title feed_url published
       ]
       params.require(:podcast).permit(allowed_params)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/podcasts/edit.html.erb b/app/views/admin/podcasts/edit.html.erb
index f8148e949..cc2abf3a8 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/podcasts/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/podcasts/edit.html.erb
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
         <%= f.label :feed_url, for: "podcast_feed_url" %>
         <%= f.text_field :feed_url, class: "form-control" %>
       </div>
+      <div class="crayons-field crayons-field--checkbox">
+        <%= f.check_box "published", class: "crayons-checkbox" %>
+        <label class="crayons-field__label" for="published">
+          Published
+        </label>
+      </div>
+      <br>
       <%= f.submit class: "btn btn-primary" %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
index 3e302735d..25359d21c 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe "/admin/podcasts", type: :request do
   let(:admin) { create(:user, :super_admin) }
-  let(:podcast) { create(:podcast) }
+  let(:podcast) { create(:podcast, published: false) }
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
 
   before do
@@ -60,12 +60,14 @@ RSpec.describe "/admin/podcasts", type: :request do
   end
 
   describe "Updating" do
-    it "updates" do
+    it "updates the podcast" do
       put admin_podcast_path(podcast), params: { podcast: { title: "hello",
-                                                            feed_url: "https://pod.example.com/rss.rss" } }
+                                                            feed_url: "https://pod.example.com/rss.rss",
+                                                            published: true } }
       podcast.reload
       expect(podcast.title).to eq("hello")
       expect(podcast.feed_url).to eq("https://pod.example.com/rss.rss")
+      expect(podcast.published).to eq(true)
     end
 
     it "redirects after update" do